1750 Map of Baronies of Carbery and Bantry, Co. Cork

From Smith’s History of Cork in Casey Collection

Charlie Haughey and The Licensing Laws, The Cork Film Festival early 1960s.

Courtesy Collins Press, Vera Ryan, Dan Donovan.

https://durrushistory.com/2012/11/20/from-the-prohibition-of-irish-wool-exports-to-charlie-haughey-1980/

Charles Haughey and Roger Hayes a reforming duo at the Department of Justice 1959-1964, the Succession Act influence of the Brehon Laws outrage to the threat to the integrity of the family farm and the threat to ‘Women of certain age’

Charlie Haughey, Instigator 1960s of Irish Civil Servant’s Spouses and Orphan’s Pension Scheme.

1822 Estimate of Cost of Providing Policing in Irish County with ten Baronies with Provision for £30 per Constable and Shoeing 26 Horses.

http://www.csorp.nationalarchives.ie/

The project was made possible by a bequest from the late Professor Francis J Crowley. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Professor Crowley was educated at Yale and Princeton, and became a professor of French at the University of California at Los Angeles. Both his parents were born in Ireland, and in his will he bequeathed most of his estate to the Republic of Ireland to be used for the preservation of records of the history of the Irish people.

1822, Letter of Protest from Dr. Elmore, Clonakilty, Co. Cork against Dismissal of Rickard Deasy Early Catholic Magistrate.

At the time there was a a considerable amount of dismissals possibly because of age or infirmity.

The project was made possible by a bequest from the late Professor Francis J Crowley. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Professor Crowley was educated at Yale and Princeton, and became a professor of French at the University of California at Los Angeles. Both his parents were born in Ireland, and in his will he bequeathed most of his estate to the Republic of Ireland to be used for the preservation of records of the history of the Irish people.

The Deasys were part of an extended family network heavily invloved in politics:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eq_IayaxdUyWZWbpDf6LWlLNg7o-3tNJiqPGYIALy80/edit

Appointment of Military Officers as Magistrates, Co. Cork, 1821 During Disturbances

http://www.csorp.nationalarchives.ie/

The project was made possible by a bequest from the late Professor Francis J Crowley. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Professor Crowley was educated at Yale and Princeton, and became a professor of French at the University of California at Los Angeles. Both his parents were born in Ireland, and in his will he bequeathed most of his estate to the Republic of Ireland to be used for the preservation of records of the history of the Irish people.

Committals to Cork County Jail 1821 and Suggestion to Improve Magistracy in the South of Ireland in a Period of Rapid Population Growth.

http://www.csorp.nationalarchives.ie/

The project was made possible by a bequest from the late Professor Francis J Crowley. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Professor Crowley was educated at Yale and Princeton, and became a professor of French at the University of California at Los Angeles. Both his parents were born in Ireland, and in his will he bequeathed most of his estate to the Republic of Ireland to be used for the preservation of records of the history of the Irish people.

Sir James O’Connor (Wexford Solicitor, Barrister, Judge Forced to Retire 1922), on Michael Davitt Magistrates (Shopkeepers, Amenable to Influence Sometimes even to Partial Corruption)  1892, Irish Judicial Pay Pre 1922.

His was given his P45 arising from the Anglo-Irish Treaty.  He tried the Bar in England and wishes to resume practise in Ireland.  He was allowed to return as a solicitor but the judgement debarred former Judges by the Supreme Court.   This decision was challenged successfully by former High Court Judge Barry White.

Some Cork Magistrates:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvT84JCKTIhMqqZjJsF_AUJLH8S820ksObykwOty3wg/edit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O%27Connor_(Irish_jurist)

From his History of Ireland.

http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/16th-january-1926/27/sir-james-oconnors-history-of-ireland

1786, Rates of Tithe, Co. Cork,  Per Irish Acre for Potatoes, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Meadow.